Ryzen 3 3100 vs. Ryzen 5 2600 (or 1600 AF)

AMD's launched an exciting new Ryzen 3 CPU at a $99 price point... but how does it stack up against similarly priced Team Red chips?

CPUs tested in this video:

AMD Ryzen 3 3100 (when available)

AMD Ryzen 5 2600




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[PeterM]

Come on Greg! Chuck in some 2080Ti-s with 32 gig of 4200Mhz RAM and test games on 720p resolution, like every other tech does. Who cares about real life performances? :D

[randocrypto]

Both are great chips for the price. The fact that you can get something that will hang with a i7 7700k for $100 is crazy. However, if it was my money and I had to choose one of these, it would be the 2600/1600AF. You get very simmilar gaming performance today, but as time progresses games are likely to get more parallelized. I'd predict in 4 years the 2600 will do a bit better in gaming than the 3100. On top of that, you have 4 extra threads you can use for streaming, better video editing, etc.

[DTXGaming]

10:56 the 3300x has all of its 4 cores in ONE CCX. This makes a big difference in games, since there is no latency penalty with threads jumping between cores that are physically on different CCXes. So the moral is: coose the 3100 for media boxes, office machines or home NAS / servers but choose the 3300x for entry level gaming, with no intent to stream 👍

[Tobias.PK]

a review of this cpu without a $800 dollar gpu something reasonable and more average use case senerio

[starshock]

seems like a whole lot of people had the same thought "everyone is gonna use a high end GPU to get rid of the bottle neck, so I'm going to do something different and show how it behaves with a GPU that people would actually buy!"

[awesomeguyat]

Recently bought a 1600 af with a 5700 that I flashed to a 5700 xt, Not regretting it at all after this vid :)

[CRACKINGPACKSMTG]

That 1600af gonna be value king as long as it’s produced

[mhb]

As someone with two rigs, both running Zen+ (a 2600 and a 1600AF), I very much appreciate the comparison. Seems that six cores is the sweet spot in most instances.

[adhiteswar]

Linus, Jay2cents, Bitwit and you all post at the same time!

[gureguru]

if you are reading this in 2024 and only have budget for 1600AF or 2600. go for it. its not that bad. they scale well. do NOT however get a 3100 or ANY quad core ryzen, regardless of budget.

[JermStone]

I am currently running a Ryzen 2600 with an EVGA RTX 2060 KO Ultra and 16 gigs of Corsair DDR4 3200Mhz ram. LOVE this setup. :D

[jGRite]

The Ryzen 3100 will replace my always on PC.

[shzammpatapon]

man, i still remember the day i watch your videos on how to base oc a skylake cpu. how far have tech and you come

[Alex-ypzp]

Thank god, my 4.1Ghz 2600 is still in the game. Phew..

[jameysummers]

Once again Greg, another quality video! Thanks for all you do for us!

[ProYamYamPC]

Good to see you used a reasonable GPU to pair them with. Only the Verge would actually pair a 2080 Ti with a Ryzen 3 3100 and think nothing would be wrong with it.

[Kclerie]

Bottom line, AMD has a cpu for EVERYONE at EVERY price range.

[robertcraane]

For my daily driver, mostly an office PC for light editing and work I chose the 1600AF... futureproof for years (With a GTX 970) For my music studio I use a 2600 (With an old R9 280X, just a display manager), for my main editing machine a 1700x (With an 580 8GB), and as a HTPC a 1200AF (With an R9 380)... so all in a nice budget and it works wonderful! Four beautiful machines for around 4000 dollar... AMD makes me happy!

[markzamora]

You reviewed my exact setup and answered the exact question I was asking! Thank you!

[TheLastTruHonda]

Exactly what I was wondering today thanks Greg; great vid